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More students than ever before are attending online high schools. While the reasons students choose the schools vary, it is clear that these virtual schools are providing a useful option for teens across the country. In this article, we have discussed why do students choose online high schools?

Despite this being a 'thinking' conference, despite us all being advocates for structured and scaffolded models of thinking, not one group had applied any thinking routines, utilised a collaborative planning protocol or talked about applying an inquiry model or design thinking cycle. It wasn't that we didn't know about them. It wasn't that we don't know how to use them. It wasn't that we don't value them. We had all the knowledge we could desire on the how to and the why of a broad set of thinking tools and anyone of these would have enhanced the process, but we did not use any of them. Why was this the case and what does this reveal about our teaching of these methods to our students?

This week I spent three days in Brisbane attending the Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers' national conference. The theme of the conference was "Why Maths?" and along with 500 other mathematicians, we looked to find inspiring answers to this provocative question beyond the classroom. Here are my key takeaways from this event. 

Why is prioritizing mental health so important for professionals, now more than ever? Professionals have been investing more 'work hours' than ever. This may be due to the changing essence of market goals and priorities, along with how integrated we are nowadays. The 'always-on' working community, which is particularly widespread in diverse industries, relies on inadequate sleep, high-pressure conditions, running around time zones, high burden associated with turnover, and more. It is not unusual for employees to worry about burnout, anxiety associated with employment, and depression. There is a strong connection between pressure and productivity in the workplace. To feel safe, content, and efficient, we all need to have a certain level of involvement and pressure in our working lives. But if there isn't enough strain or too much, there could be a risk. The accompanying diagram illustrates the distinct areas associated with job strain. Mental health at workplace The relation between pressure, performance, and mental health: Rust Out Zone: It doesn't necessarily mean that you don't have enough to do or anything at all but that you find yourself often wondering if your work is intriguing or challenging enough. This leaves you feeling extremely disassociated and disengaged. Emotional Wellbeing Zone: You will be motivated, concentrated and invested in what you're doing when you face a fair level of challenge and responsibility in your career. You are likely to feel more secure, satisfied and therefore more confident over time producing successful results. Burn Out Zone: When conditions are extreme and last for prolonged periods of time, you may be at risk of burn-out and, inevitably, anxiety. Your commitment, enthusiasm and efficiency decline dramatically as this happens. People often claim that "when they're stressed/ under pressure, they work well", but this is clearly not the case. When you are challenged, oriented and committed, you can

Product Management could be your key to move out of a stagnating career. At times many of us may feel that we are stuck in a profession, in a job role, or in an organization that is not for us. It may feel like it is not our true calling. Well, then why waste time? Make a career switch into a career of your choice. Muster the courage and make the move. If Product Management is your likely choice, then this is the right blog for you. If not, then why not explore what is it like to be a PM! (Product Manager not Prime Minister) So, what would you be doing as a PM? Wearing multiple hats. As a Product Manager, you have to wear different hats at different times. Be a Psychologist - Embark upon a journey to empathize and understand consumer needs and challenges Be a Consumer Behaviour expert - Leave no stone unturned to mine latent consumer insights Be a Marketeer - Use frameworks to gauge the perfect product-market fit Be a Diplomat - Negotiate with and influence relevant stakeholders to obtain desired results Be an Architect and an Interior Designer - Build and design products that address consumer pain-points effectively and transpires into a practical and scalable solution Be a co-ordinator - Guide and Direct cross-functional teams to deliver timely results in sync with the overarching objective Be a crisis manager - Diagnose the situation, identify hurdles and be agile in resolving them while the product is being tested in the market Be a Relationship Manager - The duty of a PM does not end as soon as the product is launched. It extends further to keep creating and nurturing a delightful experience for the customer. Now, you're aware of the roles you are likely to perform. What about the skills required to fulfil them efficiently? Well, most experienced PMs emphasize on soft skills being the differentiator between a good and a great PM. Let's have a look at the most essential hard and soft skills required to be a product manager: Com

Summary: The modern learners are looking for mobile, self-paced, and personalized eLearning content. You might be looking to develop such content on your own or outsource your eLearning to a custom eLearning vendor. But, before you decide on one, you should know why you need a custom eLearning vendor.

Why do people buy aged Discord accounts? There are a few reasons why you might want to buy an aged Discord account. One of them is for making money, but that's not the only one. First off, let's talk about how much money you can make by selling an aged account on the secondary market.

They may also have had their account stolen or hijacked by someone else who then used it as a way of harassing other players on the server (this happened once before). The person selling these high-level accounts has either lost interest in playing games anymore or simply wants some money from selling off his/her old gaming equipment!

First off, let's talk about how much money you can make by selling an aged account on the secondary market. As far as I know (and I've been doing this for years), there isn't much of a demand for new/young accounts so they don't sell very well. However when it comes to selling old ones with lots of friends and followers and reputation built up over time…those things do matter! Aged accounts are more likely to be accepted by the community because they've already proven themselves valuable contributors; therefore it'll be easier for you to get your first few customers before having any problems with scammers trying their luck at getting free stuff from others who may not know better yet either."

There are more compelling reasons why Twitter doesn't fit the search giant's needs or ambitions.

The iPod Touch brings a new dimension to teaching and learning in the science or math classroom - Mobile Learning! No longer are students required to only learn within the confines of their classroom when using this digital tool.

Why my 1 year old facebook account got permanently disabled? I have always been sticked to their rules and regulations, then why does it happen? While improving my network and adding new friends, only one time I got a message. As I have heard that upon the warning it just ban your account for a while.

Ullrich, Carsten; Borau, Kerstin; Luo, Heng; Tan, Xiaohong; Shen, Liping; Shen, Ruimin (2008): Why Web 2.0 is Good for Learning and for Research: Principles and Prototypes. WWW 2008, 21.-25.04.2008 in Peking, China.

$500 million would be awarded to create online instructional materials that would be available free to community colleges and their students. \n\n"And this will make it possible for a professor to complement his lecture with an online exercise, or for a student who can't be away from her family to still keep up with her coursework. We don't know where this kind of experiment will lead, but that's exactly why we ought to try it because I think there's a possibility that online education can provide especially for people who are already in the workforce and want to retrain the chance to upgrade their skills without having to quit their job."

Obama's plan could be transformative according to distance education expert.

Activity-centric Collaboration - why is it so important?

For the browsing audience this is probably the most straightforward model available, because they can be directed to a lot of new sites they wouldn't have otherwise found.

The Chandigarh tricity is abrim with some world-class educational institutes and Schools. There are older, well established and reputed schools, at the same time a lot of new schools with a modern outlook are also coming up. In such a sea Hallmark has still been able to carve a unique niche for itself, cementing its position in the list of top 10 schools in tricity. There has to be a reason why. Here we give you 3.